ABSTRACT
The research described in the previous chapter focused on the self-perceptions of NNS English teachers. Research on students’ perceptions of these teachers, as crucial as the self-perceptions, if not greater, has a more recent history. One of the fi rst studies in this area was conducted by Moussu (2002) at Brigham Young University in Utah. Moussu’s research questions were fourfold: (1) What feelings and expectations did the students have at fi rst when taught by NNS English teachers, and why? (2) What other variables (such as gender, age, fi rst language, etc.) infl uence the students’ perceptions of their NNS teachers at the beginning of the semester? (3) How do the variables of time and exposure to NNS teachers infl uence the students’ perceptions of their teachers?
